Cooperative Agreement CPHI01143

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $137,800 to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Inc. to conduct a study on the use of software engineering practices and tools (SEPTS) by undergraduate engineering students and industry practitioners. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) assess the SEPTS currently used by students and practitioners across mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering disciplines; (2)...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,997 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, also known as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to investigate how interactions with sensing technologies in a mixed reality environment can strengthen the professional technical identity development of construction engineering students. The two-year research project aims to: 1) establish a framework defining the decision-making process and technical steps used by professionals who...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant awarded to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research for $541,575 aims to develop a comprehensive statistical framework, software tools, illustrative examples, and training materials to support the optimal design of longitudinal studies in STEM education. Specifically, the project will create two new software tools - "PowerUPR-Growth" and an R Shiny app - to provide applied researchers with practical and...

This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $464,597 will fund research to characterize active learning environments in physics education and relate classroom features to student outcomes. The award was made under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the creation and implementation of promising STEM education practices. Specifically, the funding will support a collaborative research project between Drexel University and Wright...

The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology received a $199,997 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The funding supports research to develop a novel system representation framework for complex engineering systems using technology recursion and the renormalization group transformation method. The research aims to establish a rigorous mathematical...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program grant award of $562,752 will support Northeastern Technical College's "Technical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing" (TEAM) project in Cheraw, South Carolina. The project aims to develop a technician-based engineering technology program to address the local manufacturing sector's need for skilled technicians. The key components of the TEAM project include: Collaborating with a Business and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research examining the contextual influences on faculty pedagogical decision-making and student learning in sociotechnical engineering design education. The $244,294 award to Trustees of Tufts College (Tufts University) will fund a multi-year research study with three key objectives: Convene faculty across institutions to facilitate knowledge sharing and pedagogical innovation...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $134,855 to Princeton University for research on electrically pumped transient charge-carrier dynamics of metal halide perovskite light-emitting diodes. The University will study the transient charge-carrier dynamics of metal halide perovskite LEDs under ultrashort electrical excitation to advance understanding of their...

The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded a $160,928 Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The two-year grant will support research initiation activities to understand engineering core concepts contextualized in domain-specific settings through active exploration. Specifically, the Stevens Institute of Technology will conduct collaborative research exploring how...